It’s a sad fact that I can’t listen to everything I’m sent, and even though I try sometimes it takes me a long time to discover I’ve been sitting on something wonderful. That’s the case with What Big Teeth You Have, an EP by Amos the Transparent that I received a month ago. [...]
The perfect moody blend of ambient and goth, mysterious Jeniferever from Uppsala, Sweden, makes music that sounds like the calling of a lonely sea. Their second full-length, Spring Tides will be released April 13. Meanwhile, sink into the luscious folds of “Green Meadow Island.”
Green Meadow Island from Spring Tides, for release April 13
From Across [...]
Wildflower season is here. I asked my husband, “Are they still wildflowers if I planted them?” “Sure,” he said, “It says so right on the package.” Actually, I collect most of my seeds myself from wild sources, including these tidy tips and goldfields.
Agnes at It All Started With Carbon Monoxide breaks her own [...]
It’s inevitable that a blogger runs short of inspiration once in a while. Yes, that happens to me, but if I wait about five minutes, something pops up that makes me want to tell about it. So it did yesterday when I rediscovered my MySpace friends, The Wagner Logic.
If last fall’s election made [...]
Check out Grand Lake, an Oakland, CA, band featuring ex-Port O’Brien member Caleb Nichols (vocals, bass), Jameson Swanagon (guitar), Erika Pipkin (vocals, keys), and Ryan Parks (singer-songwriter of No’S, drums). Their full-length debut Nevermint was released today on bay area label 500 Records.
You have to pay attention to their low-key style to catch Nichols’ [...]
From the revolution-toned language of their website and press kit, it seems that the “Great Leaders” of the Greycoats are mobilizing a grassroots army to invade your hearts and ears. They already infiltrated television in January by having “Watchman, What Is Left of the Night?” featured on Gossip Girl. Resistance may, indeed, be futile. [...]
Best news of the year so far: Merz is back on Mars Needs Guitars after a long absence, with some deeply personal posts and, as always exemplary music to accompany the themes. He knows all the shoegaze that ever was! He has been our inspiration and mentor since the beginning of Speed of Dark [...]
What day is it really? My fourth wedding anniversary!
1:00 - 2:00 PM: Say Hi at SESAC Day Stage Café
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Photo by alt-gramma: Eric Elbogen,
Say Hi at the Glass House, 10-19-07
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Great Northern at SESAC Day Stage Café
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Heading into the backstretch of SXSW 2009. Decisions begin early today, and sacrifices must be made. It’s only theoretical that I could stay up to 2:00 AM or deal with a schedule as crowded as this in real life.
And yes, we’re seeing School of Seven Bells twice. Because. Why [...]
Happy St. Pat’s Day, and I hope you’re wearing green. This is a photo of a California native plant called miner’s lettuce that is growing in our yard. Yes, it’s edible.
Here is the schedule for the second day of my fantasy trip to SXSW 2009. I don’t know how I [...]
